Texas · Nonprofit
BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY
BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317 to it, the largest being The Brown Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Blanco County Friends of the Night Sky does
Mission
Preservation and protection of the night sky
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Worked with three Blanco motels in using Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds to become dark sky compliant Membership Sign Membership Sign Working with the City Of Blanco to become an International Dark Sky Community Held 2nd Annual Middle School Night Sky Art Contest for Blanco and Johnson City ISDs Met with Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) in support of Dark Sky lighting. In December, PEC announced it will be replacing 38,000+ dark sky compliant street lights by the end of 2023 Working with Blanco and Johnson City ISDs to bring their facilities into dark sky compliance Distributed 38 member signs to be displayed on members' properties Working with the Hill Country Alliance to encourage dark sky compliance throughout the Hill Country Our Brochure Our Brochure Working with the International Dark-Sky Association to encourage dark sky compliance throught the world Updated a tri-fold brochure that explains the purpose of our organization Updated this website that gets over 1000 hits per month BlancoCountyNightSky.org Maintained an active Facebook Group daily with 558 members and 2900+ views per month Created and maintain Instagram account Managed the Night-Sky-Friendly Business…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $11 → $71.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $317 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
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In Texas
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY?
- BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317 to it, the largest being The Brown Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,317 in grants to BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY?
- The Brown Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLANCO COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing